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Index
How Texas Politics
Kevin Bailey
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
chapter one
Power in Texas
Lamare’s Texas Elite Model
How Elites Control Texas Government
Power: Its Two Faces
Elite Sources of Power
Where Are the Masses?
Concluding Remarks
Works Noted
chapter two
Constitutions in Texas
Eight Constitutions
The 1876 Constitution
A Model State Constitution
The 1974 and 1975 Reform Efforts
Concluding Remarks
Works Noted
chapter three
Voting in Texas
National Expansion of Voting Rights
State Supression of Voting Rights
Is Voting All That?
The Texas Voting Landscape
The Real Majority
Concluding Remarks
Works Noted
chapter four
Democrats in Texas
Conservatives Win, Liberals Lose
Liberals Win, but Lose
Texas Democrats Today
Where Democrats Stand
Elitism in the Democratic Party
A Bright Democratic Future?
Concluding Remarks
Works Noted
chapter five
Republicans in Texas
Democrats Lose, Republicans Win
Moderates Lose, Extremists Win
Texas Republicans Today
Where Republicans Stand
Elitism in the Republican Party
Concluding Remarks
Works Noted
chapter six
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Riding High in Texas
Business Under Attack
Taxing, Spending, and Regulating
No Department of Labor
Politics and Unions
Pocket Book or Prayer Book?
Houston Gets Hope
Business, Labor, and Education
Concluding Remarks
Works Noted
chapter seven
Legislatures in Texas
What the Framers Wrought
34 Steps and 62 Days
Who Can Serve and Afford It?
Types of Legislators
Concluding Remarks
Works Noted
chapter eight
Governors in Texas
The Constitution and the Governor
Who Can Be Governor?
Powers of the Governor
Types of Governors
Governors and Mass Lives
Concluding Remarks
Works Noted
chapter nine
Two Types and Five Tiers
Judges or Politicians?
Set Terms and Low Pay
Is Justice for Sale in Texas?
Justice for the Masses
Fourth Branch of Government
The Predatory State
Bureaucracy and the Masses
Concluding Remarks
Works Noted
chapter ten
Texas: State of Mass Delusion
Two Lone Star States
The Mass State
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
Mass Transformation of Texas
Concluding Remarks
Works Noted
Bibliography
On the Authors
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